Listening Practice Test – 53

The listening test has a set of 40 questions which you have to answer in 30 minutes. The recording has 4 sections. the recording will be played once and it will never be played again.

SECTION 1 Questions 1-10

Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Housing officer name                     Example: John Family name                                      Cartier Given names

1._________ Nationality
2._________ Student number
3._________ Contact number
4._________ Mobile phone                                   None Shared accommodation                                No Maximum rent                                  5.________pounds per month

Questions 6-10

Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

6. A bedsitter is a single room with_____________facilities.
7. Susan has to pay__________________, electricity, and water by herself.
8. Most landlords want____________________in advance.
9. Susan must read the contract carefully, especially__________________. .
10. Susan is going to meet her friends __________________.

SECTION 2 Questions 11-20

Questions11-12

Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

11. What is the name of the university?
12. When did the head librarian start working at the library?

Questions13-14

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Name two methods of how people found books in the library before the days of computers.

13._________________

14._______________________

Questions15-16

Choose the correct letters, A-C.

15. How many computer terminals are there on each floor?

1. 60
2. 15
3. 4

16. John Dewey was .

1. a librarian
2. British
3. a philosopher

Questions17

Choose the correct letter, A-C.

In the Dewey Decimal Classification System, book numbers beginning with 200 are on _______.

1. Philosophy and Psychology
2. Social Sciences
3. Religion

Question 18

Answer the question. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

On what floor are the geography and history books?___________

Question 19 and 20

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

List two types of music that are NOT in the library’s CD and DVD collection.

19.____________

20.____________

SECTION 3 Question 21-30

Question 21

Answer the question. Write ONE WORD ONLY.

When will their academic supervisor return?_________________

Question 22-35

Choose the correct letters, A-D.

22. Mary’s mother probably wanted her to be a(n)

A. Teacher

B. engineer

C. secretary

D. writer

23. What do Jack’s parents blame for their students’ poor English?

A. Computers

B. Computer games

C. Games

D. Their parent

24. How many of Jack’s parents’ students read novels?

A.None

B. Few

C. Very few

D. many

25. Will Jack and Mary take the Latin course?

A. Maybe

B. Yes

C. No

D. Can’t tell

Question 26

Answer the question. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

What does Mary say are useful for a journalist?___________

Questions 27-29

Complete Jack and Mary’s course timetable. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Monday               Tuesday                        Wednesday          Thursday             Friday 9-12 a.m.             French 100          History of English

27._______ 2-5 p.m.

28.________

29.________

Question 30

Write ONE WORD ONLY for your answer.

Name one sport that Jack practices.__________

SECTION 4 Questions 31-40

Questions 31

Answer the question below in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

What is the name of the course?___________

Questions 32 and 33

Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

32. John Robertson believes everybody wants to take the course because_______

33. “Everything is connected to everything else.” And the statement of the course.

Question 34

Choose ONE letter, A-C

The contents of the course are

A.focused on one topic

B.diverse

C.very specialised

Questions 35-38

Complete the paragraph with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

The course will be looking at things like 35._________   ; the loss of, in particular, 36.________ ; 37._______     , known as ‘gender benders’ because they can seriously affect the sexual development of animals; desertification; the serious worldwide problem of overfishing; and the loss of 38._______.

Questions 39 and 40

Choose the correct letters, A-H

A. The course will include.

B. sociology

C. mathematics

D. history

E. The basic goal is to develop a model that is.

F. static

G. multifactorial

H. dynamic

Answer & Explanation